Moving display-sign.



PATENTED JAN. 29, 190?. T. .B. POWERS. MOVING DISPLAY SIGN.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 8.1906.

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POWERS.

1. a MOVING LC'LESPLAY SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-8.1906.

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UNITED s'rnrns rg'rnn'r OFFICE.

TIMOTHY B. PowERs, or new roan, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T KUTNOW sacs, or NEw YORK; N. Y. a

MOVING DISPLAY SiGN 'To' all whom it rrtwy comzernia citizen of theUnited States of America, and

=a resident of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Moving Display-Signs, of w 'ch the following is a specification. j

This invention has reference to moving display-signs, and relates more particularly which intelligible characters vmay plaiyed in avariety of ways.

t is the special ob ect of this invention to provide a moving display-sign whichis very appearance, and which requires little power to 0 erate it.

to moving display-signs of that t pe in o displain in construction, of highlyattractive T e invention is illustrated in the accompan'yi'ng' drawings, which form part'of this I specification.

Figure 1 illustrates in front elevation a 3 mo' 1ng-display-sign which embodies my invention. Fig. .2 is a rear view of the central to portion of a device enabling the user to a ust the horizontal width of the part on which the display is made. Fi '3 1s arear view of the top portion of the play-sign, mostly in section.v Fig. 4 is a side 'viewof the lower central drtiomof the devide. Fig. 5 shows in centra se'ctio' and side view the parts illustrated in Fig. i; and Fig. '6 reprey the movements of sents diagrammatical the tape on which the signs, characters, or figures are contained.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

The novel display-sign consists, essentially, of theboard or rack which is adjustable to its horizontal width, so that a certain size and. style of apparatus maybe used in show-windows of various Widths. The tape on which the signs, intelligible characters, or

figures are inscribed, imprinted, or otherwise 1prroduced moves along the said display-rack om the ri 'ht to the' left, which eases the reading of the imprint, &c., and enables the onlooker to read Whole sentences or phrases. After passin the display-rack the tape disappears at t e left and new portions of the tape and new inscriptions. are continually displayed. From the outward appearance I no one can tell where the tape comes from or Specification of Iiettare Patent. Application filed August a, 1.906. seams. 329.705.

' 'rangement the front surface 0 Patented Jan. 190?.

I iwhere it goes as although the" difiei'entih Be it known thatI, TIMOTHY B. 'Pownns, h

scriptions show t at it is continually moving. 5 iThis feature 'ves the device a rather mysgteriousand t erefore highly-attractive a I pearance which fascinates and puzzles t e onlooke'r, so that he reads the advertisement :which is usually displayed by the device.

do l However, the tape passes down and up withinth'e'hollow standard. It is moved by a the hollow standard scroll-like ornaments-ff are secured, one on each side below the rack, to the standard in the same plane in which the rack is located. Thesecrnaments enhance the appearance and aid in sup orting the rack. orthe purpose of adjusting the horizontal widthof the display-rack same is made in several parts in an suitable manner. permits of such adjustment one end of each part of the rack is cutout; SQBS to fornralternately rectanlgular incisions and like shaped strips 9. file members of-the rack are covered on the ont by a thin sheet of metal h, bent over in the rear, as shown at 'i in Fig. 2. :By this a??- i the rack re mains uninterrupted when the rack is short-- enedor lengthened; To further-enhance attractive a pearance of the device, an orns-a mental scrol j ma be rovided on the top part of the metal s set or the rack e. The tape k may be made ofany suitable material. In order to make'both sides-of the tape useful for dis la the well-knownhalftu'rn twist is made e ore the ends are joined. I ..Assuming that the tape has been placed in.

In Fig. 2 a joint is ilustrated which v the device and'is moved bya motor, it will pass, as diagrammatically indicated in Fig. l

6-, from right to left on the display-rack over the rollers I m; Tape-guiding devices 1:. are

provided on the rack, as shown in Fi 1 Ai.

tor passing the roller m ,the'tapc gli esalong mounted under an angle of forty-five degrees. Hereby the ta e is turned down ward and passes into t c hollow interior of the standard, as shown in Fig. 3 and-diautilized.

grammatically in Fig. 6. blow the tape asses between two rollers p g. (Illustrated 11']. F igs. 1, 4, 5.) The axes of the rollers are fnoounted in two dill'erent vertical planes, as shown in Fig. 5.

This gives the tape an almost horizontal direction, as shown in Fig. 5, and then it sinks by its own Weight and forms loops within along narrow box 8. (Shown in Rigs. 1, 1, 5.) From here the tape is "drawn through the standard and passes the guide t, located above the standard and se cured'under an angle of forty-live de rose in the reverse direction, in which it gli es over the guide 0. By passing the guide i the tape changes the direction to a horizontal one and passes over the roller Z, and so on. of the well-known half-turned twist, whichv during the operation of thedevice appears near the guides o t, both sides of the tape are The tape-actuating motor at is shown in Fig. l as attached to the lower surface of the base-board b. It may, however, be placed in any suitable location. The motor drives a transmission-wheel v, attached to the shaft of the roller p. The roller p is preferably secured within the top portion of the box 8, while the 'roller q is loosely secured below. For adjusting the pressure of the rollers on the tape the loose roller is provided on each side with an adjustable device bearin against its shaft. This device w comprises t e small plate :0, resting on the shaft, 8. springiy, and the set-screw 2, whereby the spring may be ressed together or loosened, as desired.

his device to is secured in any suitable manner. In Fig. 4 it is shownas simply screwed to the side of the box 8. i

Inthe describedinanner I have produced a moving display-sign which is of very simple construction, and therefore not easily liable to disarrangement, which insures steady working, and saves expense of repairs. extensible display-rack renders the device useful for show-Windows of various widths, and owing b0 the fact that the tape mysteriously disappears it is highly attractive, the

- more since only one central standard is employed. I

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to. secure by Letters Patentl. A moving display-sign comprising a base-board, a hollow standard centrally mounted thereon, an extensible display-rack mounted on said standard, one roller on each end of the display-rack, two guides each se cured under an angle of forty-five degrees By means and a tape-actuating motor driving the roll- The above the hollow standard, and an endless tape provided with intelligible characters passing from the right to the left over the display-rack, its end rollers and the central guides down and up within the hollow standard, and a tape-actuating mo tor mechanism.

2. A moving display-sign comprising a base-board, a hollow standard centrally mounted thereon, an extensible horizontal dis lay-rack mounted on said standard, one roller on each end of the display-rack, two guides each secured under an angle of fortyfi've degrees above the hollow standard in reverse position to each other, an endless tape provided with intelligible characters passing from the right to the left over the displayrack. its end rollers and the central guides down and up within the hollow standard, a tapeactuating motor mechanism, and means for transmitting the motion of the motor to the ta e..- 4

moving display-sign comprising a base-board, a hollow; standard centrally rollers having their axes mounted in different 5 vertical planes below said standard, an endless tape provided with intelligible characters assing from the right to the left over then'ont surface of the display-rack, its lefthand vertical end roller, one central guide down through the standard, between the two rollers below said standard, upthrough the standard over the second central guide and around the right-hand vertical end roller,

ers below the standard.

4. In a moving display-sign a hollow central standard, and an angular-ring at its to end, an extensible horizontal display-ram mounted on said standard and ring, supporting-scrolls secured to the standard, verticalrollers one on each end of the displayrack, and an endless tape passing from the right to the left over the front surface of the display-rack, its rear surface and down and up within the hollow, standard, and means for actuating said endless tape.

5. In a moving display-sign, a base-board, a hollow standard mounted centrally thereon and havinga strengthening angular ring at its'bottom end and a like ring at the top end, an eitensibledisplay-rack mounted on said standard and top ring, supporting-scrolls secured to the-standard, one vertical roller on each end of said rack, two guides each secured under an angle of forty-five degrees characters, and means for passing said tape continually over the disnlav-rack.

central guides, and means for actuating said tape. Signed at New York, Y., this 6th day 6. In a moving display-Sim an extensible display-rack, one verticg r0 ler oneaeh end of same, twqcentral'gui es each secured. under an angle of forty-five degrees in the rear of August, 1906.

5 of the said display rack in' reverse position v I TIMOTHY B. POWERS. to each other; an endless tape passing from Witnesses: r

the right to theleft over the front surface of M. STRAssMAN,

the display-rack and successively over the LUDWIG K. BOHM. 

